Software Engineer

Job description

Meet the Team Our team is at the forefront of engineering excellence, dedicated to advancing Cisco’s mission-critical Technology Lifecycle Management and Attack Surface Management platforms. We operate at the intersection of innovation and security, building robust, scalable solutions that drive the stability and evolution of our enterprise infrastructure. By joining us, you will collaborate with a high-performing, cross-functional team committed to solving complex technical challenges and delivering impactful software that secures and optimizes our technology ecosystem. Your Impact Full-Stack Ownership: Lead the development of end-to-end features, from intuitive front-end interfaces to robust back-end services and database schema design. Operational Excellence: Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting strategies to ensure high availability and platform reliability. Security-First Development: Integrate security best practices into the development lifecycle, ensuring compliance and protection against vulnerabilities. Architectural Contributions: Collaborate with key stakeholders to design scalable system architectures that support long-term growth and performance. Cross-Functional Collaboration: Act as a technical bridge between product, design, and infrastructure teams to deliver high-quality solutions. Mentorship: Provide technical guidance and code reviews to team members to foster a culture of engineering excellence. Minimum Qualifications Technical Expertise: 5+ years of experience in full-stack development with a deep understanding of modern JavaScript/TypeScript frameworks (e.g., React, Next.js) and back-end runtimes (e.g., Node.js, Python/FastAPI, or Go, Java). Data Management: Strong proficiency in relational databases (Mongo, PostgreSQL/MySQL) and experience with caching strategies (Redis). Infrastructure & DevOps: Practical experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and CI/CD pipeline management. Security Mindset: Demonstrated experience addressing security gaps, managing dependencies, and working with security scanning tools. Problem Solving: Proven ability to troubleshoot complex performance bottlenecks and system-level issues in production environments. Preferred Qualifications Experience with cloud-native development (AWS, GCP, or Azure). Familiarity with Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform or CloudFormation). Background in managing or contributing to large-scale distributed systems. Experience with observability tools (e.g., Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana). Why Cisco? At Cisco, we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era – and beyond. We’ve been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint. Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you’ll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere. We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.